The semi-finals were divided into three groups. After the preliminaries in the morning, the number of people in the preparation area had dropped dramatically.

After completing the inspection and preparation, Su Zhe took out a drink to replenish his energy. Although the training at noon had warmed him up in advance, even though the amount of exercise before the game had been carefully calculated by Su Yinsheng, it would still cause a certain consumption of physical energy, so he needed to replenish his energy as much as possible before the game.

Just as Su Zhe was drinking his drink in a daze, Shiraishi Shota and Takeshita Hiroaki also came to the preparation area.

Seeing the appearance of Shiraishi and Takeshita, Su Zhe couldn't help but think of the current 100-meter strength comparison between the two countries.

The athletes sent by Japan to this Asian Champions Invitational are all very strong. Among them, Shiraishi Shota has the strongest personal strength. Not only has he run a good result of 10.03 in this season, his personal PB has reached 10.01. He is the most promising athlete in Japan and has the opportunity to break the 10-second mark at any time.

Although Takeshita Hiroaki failed to qualify for the World Championships, he is also a strong athlete who has run under 10.10. The other three Japanese athletes who participated in the competition have also achieved results under 10.20 this season.

Although Japan's current national record is not as good as the 100-meter record set by Chen Zhi, the reserve of core players is much stronger than that of the country.

Just as Su Zhe was silently comparing the 100-meter strength gap between the two countries in his mind, Shiraishi Shota's enthusiastic greeting interrupted Su Zhe's thoughts.

The young man, with his fangs showing in his smile, greeted Su Zhe in broken Chinese, which seemed to have been learned from the staff.

"Hello, Sue!"

Su Zhe smiled, greeted Shiraishi Shota seriously, and nodded to Takeshita Hiroaki.

It was just a simple greeting, and Shiraishi Shota seemed very happy. It was a pity that he only knew a few Chinese words, and it was difficult for him to put together any conversation content.

Unlike the previous preliminaries, in this semifinal, Su Zhe finally met Takeshita Hiroaki, a strong opponent from Japan. At the same time, another Japanese player Yamashita Shunsuke also entered the semifinals and was in the same group as Su Zhe and Takeshita.

In addition, Iran's 100m strongman Mosan was also drawn into the second group of the semi-finals where Su Zhe was.

Mosan's personal PB so far is 10.06. Although he has not run under 10.10 in this season, he has also made sufficient preparations and came to this invitational tournament with the same goal as Su Zhe.

If we only consider his personal historical performance, Su Zhe cannot even rank in the top three in Group 2. If he wants to enter the final, he must defeat these strong opponents with higher historical performance than him... This kind of tension and pressure that he has never experienced in domestic competitions makes Su Zhe gradually feel excited. The emotions that were difficult to mobilize before the game in the morning have gradually begun to burn at this moment.

In the preparation area, apart from Shiraishi Shota, no other player paid any attention to Su Zhe. In the eyes of more people at the scene, the only strong player in China is Chen Zhi. However, this strong player who has always crushed them in various Asian competitions is now injured, and his recovery period after surgery is uncertain.

Not to mention that Chen Zhi has completely lost his chance to compete in the World Championships. Given his injury, it is not even clear whether he will have the chance to recover before the Olympics and meet the Olympic standards during the assessment period.

After losing Chen Zhi, China has not even qualified for the 100m World Championships. They have barely sent a never-before-seen athlete to participate in the Asian Champions Invitational. Can this athlete replace Chen Zhi?

Although these players are still waiting to see Su Zhe's strength, from their perception, they are still skeptical about Su Zhe's strength.

Apart from other things, just from Su Zhe's appearance... he doesn't look like a sprinter at all. His body looks more like he has trained for the sake of good looks. He is more like an idol star than an athlete. Can this level of body have enough explosive power to compete with them? Is the strength of this body enough to support him to run to the standards of the World Championships?

If Su Zhe had not run 10.16 seconds in the morning preliminaries and successfully entered the semifinals, these athletes would even wonder how Su Zhe had qualified for this competition.

Su Zhe also sensed the vague doubts from the players around him, but he didn't care. The respect between athletes is based on the recognition of each other's strength. He has won everyone's recognition in domestic competitions with his own ability, and he believes that this set of rules is also applicable in international competitions.

When Su Zhe came on stage, the semi-finals of the previous group had already ended, and Ishida Kappei was enthusiastically announcing the semi-final results and the list of advanced players of the previous group.

In the stands of the stadium, many people suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers after seeing Su Zhe come on the court.

"Su! Su!"

"Player Su, please keep up the good work in the semi-finals!"

"Ahhh, kid, keep going in the semifinals, don't stop until you get to the finals!!!"

The mixed shouts in Japanese and Chinese attracted the attention of many players. Su Zhe naturally heard the cheers from the stands. When he scanned the stands, he was surprised to find that in just noon, the crowd that gathered in the morning to shout his name seemed to swell.

After seeing Su Zhe raise his head, many people became even more excited, waving banners that seemed to be made on the spur of the moment in their hands, trying to point in the direction of Su Zhe.

After Su Zhe waved to them and thanked them, the crowd in the stands burst into even more excited cheers, attracting more people to notice the interaction between the two sides.

In the commentary booth, Kappei Ishida was introducing the second group of contestants in the semi-finals to the live audience. After introducing the strong players among the second group of contestants in the semi-finals, Ishida focused the rest of his commentary on Su Zhe.

The heavy obsession of the Nihong people with appearance was also fully reflected in Ishida Ippei. He expressed his love for Su Zhe without any reservation, and the praise in his words almost overflowed the screen.

"I believe everyone has seen that in the second group of the semi-finals, the athlete in the eighth lane is our beautiful young athlete Su Zhe from the Chinese Empire! According to the Chinese official website, he replaced athlete Chen after Chen was injured. Don't underestimate athlete Su's strength because of his appearance! He has already won the first place in the 100m in the track and field championships in China. In this morning's preliminaries, he also easily advanced to the semi-finals as the first in the group!"

"It's really exciting... What kind of results will he run in the second group of the semi-finals? You know, if Su wants to squeeze into the finals, he needs to run in the top two in this death group... But before him, there are Mosan from Iran and Takeshita and Yamashita from our country blocking the way."

“Can this beautiful snow leopard boy tear apart the powerful enemies blocking his way? Ah! Even as a commentator, I am already excited and looking forward to it!”

As Ishida Kappei gave his passionate commentary, the players on the field completed their pre-match preparations. Everyone was crouching on the track. The atmosphere on the field froze in an instant, and the smell of gunpowder began to become thick.

The war is about to begin!

On domestic Weibo and the track and field kingdom forum, many sports enthusiasts and philosophers who care about Su Zhe also began to wait for the live broadcast of this game.

Although they could not understand the Japanese commentary, many track and field enthusiasts still recognized Su Zhe's competitors on the field at a glance.

[What the hell!!! Takeshita Hiroaki, Mosan... and the Japanese rookie Shunsuke Yamashita... how did they get drawn into such a death group! 】

[Fuck, these guys' individual PBs are 10.09, 10.06, and 10.15... This semi-final is really amazing, they won't fail to make it to the finals, right?]

[Big brother above, shut up... Our Zhe Shao's personal PB is also 10.12, isn't he better than that Yamashita Shunsuke? Takeshita Hiroaki's condition this year is also average, didn't he even make it to the World Championships? He hasn't even run under 10.10 this year! Don't boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige! ]

[That's what I said, but Master Zhe was not in good condition this morning! How can I not think about Master Zhe? Isn't it worrying to say this? ]

Regardless of how tense the atmosphere is on domestic forums and Weibo, at this moment, Su Zhe, who is in the eighth lane, is confident that he has adjusted to a good enough state!

With their feet stepping back and forth on the starting blocks, everyone is waiting for the referee's final instructions!

"Everyone, get ready!"

"Bang!"

The crisp sound of gunfire cut through the sky.

The moment the gun fired, Su Zhe's leg strength exploded and he kicked forward violently!

The competition has begun!

His performance in this game was not beyond his expectations. His reaction to the shot remained normal as usual, with a reaction speed of 0.145, ranking third among all the players.

Although the burst of power at the start was a little lacking due to a slight lack of physical strength, Su Zhe was able to run smoothly in the subsequent process of starting and accelerating!

But this is worthy of being an international competition where top Asian players gather. Although it is only a semi-final, Mosan and Takeshita Hiroaki are both strong players who have made it to the finals of Asian-level competitions for many years.

Mosan's reaction speed to the shot in this game was only 0.129 seconds, followed closely by Takeshita Hiroaki's reaction speed of 0.137 seconds. Such quick reactions determined their advantages in the starting stage and the acceleration stage within 30 meters.

When Su Zhe completed the transition from starting to accelerating, Mosang was already in the leading position of the first group. His starting explosiveness is extremely strong, and among all the top Asian athletes, his starting explosiveness can be considered first-class. Even Chen Zhi found it difficult to overtake Mosang before the middle stage in the competition with him.

Takeshita Hiroaki's acceleration phase was also very strong. After taking advantage of the starting position by listening to the gunshot, he perfectly seized the opportunity and kept close behind Mosan. He also tried to increase his pace to catch up with Mosan.

At this time, Su Zhe's speed was comparable to Takeshita Hiroaki's during the acceleration phase, but he was still slightly behind him. Behind him, Yamashita Shunsuke, also from Japan, was chasing forward!

This race was destined to be a battle between the four of them from the beginning. Although the remaining players were also gritting their teeth and chasing closely, they were already one step behind others in the acceleration stage, from the speed of reaction to hearing the gun to the connection between starting and accelerating. At this point, their hope was slim.

As Shiraishi's teammate and junior, Takeshita Hiroaki has always looked up to Shiraishi as his idol in the 100-meter event. He admires Shiraishi's sprinting ability very much, and has always been working hard to catch up with Shiraishi.

He didn't have much interest in Shiraishi Shota's personal feelings, but after Shiraishi inexplicably announced that he liked the Chinese player, he kept praising the Chinese player's strength.

To Takeshita Hiroaki, who pursued the 100-meter sprint as his life's belief, this was completely irresponsible flattery, and he couldn't help but feel intense anger in his heart.

He had already accumulated great energy before the game, and his goal was to let Shiraishi-kun see whose strength should be praised in this game. Don't let personal emotions affect your judgment of the sacred sport of sprinting!

Takeshita Hiroaki achieved what he expected before the race. At this time, there was only one Iranian athlete, Mosan, in front of him. The opponent was an athlete whose strength in the first half was almost on par with world-class athletes, but his explosive power could only be maintained to less than 60 meters of the stage. The following distance and the final sprint have always been important factors affecting Mosan's final result.

Hiroaki Takeshita is confident in his strength in the second half and believes that he will be able to overtake Mozanne in the second half and take first place in the second group of the semi-finals!

Su Zhe didn't think much after the competition started. Since the beginning, he has devoted all his attention to controlling his own rhythm, frequency, and stride.

At the start and acceleration stage, although he found himself lagging behind a little, this lag made Su Zhe feel more excited. He couldn't help but reveal a hint of excitement in his eyes, and a stronger desire to fight rose in his heart, but he still maintained the rational string in his mind, and tried his best to control the rhythm of his own movements, not letting himself lose control of himself due to excessive excitement or in order to catch up with the front.

The lack of explosive power at the start made Su Zhe realize that he might not be able to achieve the maximum acceleration kinetic energy in the first half of the race, but he could still rely on the process from the start, acceleration to mid-run, and finally explode all his strength in the final sprint stage!

At this moment, every step he took made his body more excited. The energy in his heart did not cool down, but became more passionate under the stimulation of the equally matched players.

In the stands, it goes without saying that the philosophers who had arrived at the scene were waving their flags with all their might, cheering for Su Zhe.

The Sakura girls beside them were also cheering loudly for Su Zhe!

The figure running on the track, the determined look on his face and the eager expression completely ignited all their fantasies about the perfect competitive athlete.

【Ahhh, player Su, come on! ! 】

They put all their energy into cheering for Su Zhe. At that moment, that figure was completely engraved in their hearts.

The changes on the track were unpredictable. A Kazakh athlete named Akashev, who was originally behind Yamashita Shunsuke, gradually surpassed Yamashita Shunsuke during the acceleration phase, approaching Su Zhe all the way, and even showed signs of overtaking from behind!

At this time, everyone, including Mosan, has entered the mid-run stage. Mosan's initial explosive power has gradually been exhausted, and his subsequent shortcomings of insufficient physical strength and lack of endurance have begun to appear. Although he is still trying to maintain his speed, the distance difference between him and Takeshita Hiroaki, Su Zhe and others behind him has obviously weakened!

In the commentary booth, Ippei Ishida was also nervously watching the game: "Oh! Mozambique's explosive power has been exhausted. The next stage will be very difficult for him. Takeshita's advantage is increasing, and Su is not to be outdone...!"

The audience at the scene, including Japanese and Chinese netizens who were watching the live broadcast, also noticed this sign.

In the Kingdom of Track and Field, all the track and field fans who were nervously watching the game were already excited. They clenched their fists nervously in front of their computers, waved their arms, and cheered for Su Zhe with their own opinions!

"Charge forward!!"

Many people couldn't help but cheer for him in front of their computers, hoping that Su Zhe could move forward faster and faster!

Su Zhe's fighting spirit grew stronger as he advanced step by step. He tightly bit Takeshita Hiroaki who was almost bursting with all his strength. The gap between the two of them and Mosan was narrowing rapidly.

Akasev, who had relied on a sudden burst to quickly get into the front row behind, began to get caught in a speed stalemate with Yamashita Shunsuke. However, after the three-person group of Mosan, Takeshita Hiroaki and Suzhe in front of them once again burst into speed, the gap between the two of them and the first group gradually widened.

Mosan from Iran is gritting his teeth and persevering at this moment. This Asian Champions Invitational Tournament is almost the last chance before the performance evaluation period of the World Championships. At the beginning of this semi-final, his condition can be said to be very good. Although he does not know his reaction speed to the gunshot for the time being, based on past experience, he believes that his starting reaction should be within 0.13 seconds.

Even considering his current state, it would not be easy to get such a good start in the game again.

But after the first 60 meters, he began to feel heavy in his legs again. In the anaerobic state, the rapid loss of muscle strength made it difficult for him to maintain his high speed. Even if he gritted his teeth and persevered, this physiological force majeure still made his heart sink...

No, maybe it was because he sprinted too hard in the start and acceleration phase today. Although he gained more speed and advantage than before in the first half of the race, his physical energy consumption was also far greater than before!

As he approached the 60-meter stage, he began to feel tired and heavy after exhausting his physical energy, causing his speed to slow down visibly.

But no...

He can't stop here!

If he tries harder, he believes in his current condition. As long as he can run his usual results in the sprint stage, he will definitely be able to break 10.10 seconds!

Mosan gritted his teeth and stared at the finish line in front of him, trying to control his pace and not let his speed drop too much. He was insisting on moving forward entirely by his own will.

At this time, Takeshita Hiroaki has gradually caught up with Mozang. His physical energy has not yet reached its limit. On the contrary, after reaching the middle stage, he feels that his control over his body has been further enhanced.

This is the characteristic of his 100-meter technique. When some athletes who have exploded in the early stage have finished the first half of the race, they will face being overtaken by him!

This ability to exert force in the second half is often the key to breaking the rhythm of other players.

Just like Mosan at this moment, because his explosive power has been exhausted, and Takeshita Hiroaki is constantly approaching from behind, when he is about to face the sprint, his own rhythm of the game has become a little disordered.

At this time, Su Zhe was lying closely behind Takeshita Hiroaki, also using his strong willpower to drive and control his own progress.

As he expected, the afternoon training did have a certain impact on his physical fitness. He could have used his deep sleep skill to recover some of his physical strength, but in order to prevent his competitive state, which had been gradually warming up, from cooling down again after resting, he simply chose to drink sports drinks to replenish his physical strength and thus maintain his competitive state.

This choice is neither good nor bad, Su Zhe just made the choice he thought was appropriate. For him, being able to make calm and appropriate decisions bit by bit before the game is a manifestation of his gradual acquisition of a qualified pre-game mentality as he gains more competition experience and becomes mentally stable.

At this moment on the court, Su Zhe's mood was surging and enthusiastic. In this game, he felt the strong tension between his opponents. This state of mutual adhesion and checks and balances made his heart boil.

He feels like he can get faster!

The moment this thought came to his mind, he quickened his pace without hesitation. The gap between him and Takeshita Hiroaki was originally only about one body length, but in the blink of an eye, he caught up with Takeshita Hiroaki, who was not far ahead of him.

Takeshita Hiroaki, who had originally only focused his eyes on Mo Sang, couldn't help but show a look of shock in his eyes when he noticed Su Zhe's acceleration out of the corner of his eye.

That Su Zhe, he can actually speed up?!

That guy, he is also a late-game acceleration player!

This realization made Takeshita Hiroaki feel relieved, and he withdrew some of his attention from Mo Sang.

The end is just around the corner.

Mosan, Takeshita Hiroaki and Suzhe were almost driving together at this time, but in the final sprint stage, Takeshita Hiroaki and Suzhe's strong late-stage acceleration ability overtook Mosan, causing Mosan, who was originally in the first place, to fall to the third place.

After noticing Su Zhe's ability to accelerate in the later stages, Takeshita Hiroaki also quickened his own pace in a flash. At this point, the gap between the two was already difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. From the perspective of the stands, no one could tell who was truly in the upper hand!

"It's time to go to the finish line! The ones who finally went to the finish line side by side were our athlete Takeshita and athlete Su from China!" On the commentary stand, Ippei Ishida excitedly announced the result: "It's incredible that athletes Takeshita and Su went to the finish line at the same time. The gap between them was too small. Next, the referee needs to use the video footage at the finish line to determine who the final winner is!"

While waiting for the referee's decision, Ippei Ishida began to praise the entire game. At the finish line, Takeshita Hiroaki and Su Zhe finally stopped after a buffer section of the track after reaching the finish line.

Su Zhe pushed his slightly sweaty hair back, then stood up and smiled brightly. Regardless of the result, this game had brought his mentality to a new stage - passionate about the game, pursuing victory, going all out, and looking forward to victory, but not feeling anxious or negative about himself because of the result.

"I can do it."

These are the three words Su Zhe repeated to himself in his heart. This game in which he regained his form was his first game after he had untied the knot in his heart. It also gave him a psychological understanding and affirmation of his abilities.

He could clearly feel the degree of control he had over his current strength, and this feeling made him feel at ease and relaxed psychologically.

Even though today's game result was not ideal, now that he has regained his form, he is not afraid of tomorrow's final!

On the track, Takeshita Hiroaki, who was not far from him, was looking at him with a complicated look. The meaning seemed very complicated, which made Su Zhe, who was being stared at, confused. He couldn't understand why Takeshita was looking at him like that.

After a moment, Takeshita took two steps forward, left a word, and then turned and left.

After carefully recalling and distinguishing Takeshita's English words with Japanese pronunciation, Su Zhe realized that what he said was "You are an excellent opponent, you are very strong."

With a smile on his face, Su Zhe turned around and walked towards the exit passage, where staff were already waiting and would announce everyone's final results to them.

In the commentary booth, Ippei Ishida had already received the final results of all the athletes. He announced with surprise: "The top three in the second group of the semi-finals are: third place: Iran·Mosan 10.13 (0.4), second place: China·Su Zhe 10.11 (0.4), first place: Japan·Takeshita Hiroaki 10.11 (0.4)."

"After video recording, athlete Takeshita won by 0.8 seconds! The warrior on the track from our country, athlete Takeshita Hiroaki, defeated the beautiful snow leopard boy and won the final victory of this group!"

In the stands, after the final results were announced, the philosophers and Sakura Girl, a new fan of Su Zhe, were a little disappointed about the result of the game, but they quickly cheered up.

The girl nicknamed Chasing Zaizai in Japan said firmly: "Zazii's result is already excellent enough. We should not lose heart. We should work harder to support him and cheer for him!"

"Yes!" One of the Sakura girls also clenched her fist and said firmly: "Player Su never gave up fighting. I can feel the dazzling light shining in him! Please continue to support him with all your strength!"

At the exit passage, Su Zhe suddenly heard a call from the stands behind. The moment he turned around, the philosophers in the stands and the Sakura girl with a Japanese accent cheered him on with all their might - "Su Zhe! Come on!! We will always support you!"

In the commentary booth, Ichihei Ishida also saw the scene captured by the camera, and he couldn't help but praise: "I felt the charm of running... Of course, there is also the strong personal charm of our beautiful snow leopard boy from China."

"In fact, even as a commentator, I couldn't help but cheer for Su! The bright light he shone on the court attracted everyone's attention. Although he lost a little in this semi-final, how will he perform in the next game? Let's look forward to Su's performance in the final tomorrow!"

On the domestic Internet, track and field fans who were also following this race couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

10.11...just 0.01 second!

However, many track and field fans know that even a gap of 0.01 seconds is not something that can be easily overcome. Su Zhe's result is already very good. As long as he maintains a good state, there is still hope in the next final!

Compared to track and field fans who knew something about his sprinting achievements, those who only got to know Su Zhe because of the hot search package of Kuangbiao Company and the topic of "S University College of Literature qualified for the World Championships" were not so calm.

Most of the onlookers do not have a clear enough concept about the performance of the 100-meter sprint. When they heard that Su Zhe failed to qualify for the men's 100-meter event in the World Championships in the semi-finals, they intuitively thought that he was not good enough.

The more rational onlookers were simply discussing:

[Is it inappropriate to send Su Zhe to compete for such an important qualification? 】

[Ah, my impression of him is still that he quit the entertainment industry and was told to get out of the sports industry... But now he suddenly participates in the Asian Champions Invitational Tournament, I am very confused...]

[I also... I saw that he seemed to have won a championship in China, but wasn't the champion of the 100-meter dash in the World Championships Challenge a guy called Zhao Zhixuan? Why didn't they send him and chose Su Zhe instead?]

Just when sports enthusiasts discovered that there were some problems with the online public opinion and began to explain to the public the current performance gap between Su Zhe and Zhao Zhixuan, a group of black fans suddenly appeared on the Internet from nowhere.

These black fans are jumping up and down, and are doing everything they can to discredit Su Zhe.

[Tsk, isn't Su Zhe's father a famous sprint coach in the country? Is Zhao Zhixuan his senior? So when there is a competition opportunity, who will get the spot? ]

[A guy who just switched from the entertainment industry to the sports industry less than three months ago has already participated in Asian-level competitions in the blink of an eye... and is also responsible for winning glory for the country and qualifying for the World Championships... Wow, he is really awesome! ]

[Tsk, a guy who is not even known in the entertainment industry, he went back to sprinting and became the national champion in two months? Is he a stimulant addict? Don't tell me there was any examination, maybe he has high technology? ]

A series of haters came in droves, and in a blink of an eye, they pushed Su Zhe's unfounded negative information to the top of the trending searches, confusing the crowd and sports enthusiasts who had been quietly watching the show.

It was already evening when Shao Xingchen saw the news. Looking at the one-sided attitude of black people on the Internet, he handed the phone to Li Cheng.

"This...what do you think?"

Li Cheng quickly scanned the content on Weibo with a bit of doubt, and raised his eyebrows: "Tsk, Azhe has become an athlete, is he blocking anyone's way?"

It is obvious that these skilled black fans, at first glance, are people who use the same traditional tactics as those in the entertainment industry.